{"id":20,"date":"2005-12-11T19:50:40","date_gmt":"2005-12-11T19:50:40","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2017-03-07T16:44:59","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T16:44:59","slug":"things_i_ve_learned_by_using_gentoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gentoo.org\/lisa\/2005\/12\/11\/things_i_ve_learned_by_using_gentoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Things I’ve learned by using Gentoo…"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my years using Gentoo I’ve learned a lot. I’m going to share it with everyone (whether you like it or not):<\/p>\n

In no particular order…<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. It isn’t necessary to completely wipe clean your disk to fix a perceived problem in your installation (even if you allocate only 4gb instead of 40 for \/).\n<\/li>\n
  2. Never downgrade glibc.<\/li>\n
  3. Always use Google when you’ve got a problem.<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. ALWAYS use Bugzilla<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Join Gentoo<\/a>\ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n
  6. Ignore flamewars<\/li>\n
  7. Don’t ignore -core mail or you’ll miss out on important data, like, Gentoo is a foundation? And it’s got a council? *g*<\/li>\n
  8. Disable root logins, ssh version 1, and password logins in sshd_config; force ssh key access<\/li>\n
  9. Backup your data<\/li>\n
  10. ADMIT NOTHING!!!!!!!<\/a><\/li>\n
  11. Don’t take things too seriously<\/li>\n
  12. Take the serious things seriously<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    There’s so much more, but it would take far too long to list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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